Fundstelle Lufeng, China - Evolution der Primaten

Lufeng, China

Fundort:	Lufeng, China, Yunnan, China
Taxon:	Laccopithecus robustus aus der Familie Pliopithecidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
Macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils, Quarry sequence is divided into 8 beds (numbered from top), in the Xi River Basin north of Lufeng, China. These unconformably overly Mesozoic sediments. No Formation names are given. Han 1985: "Its geological age is Late Miocene, equivalent to the Turolian of European sequence of land mammal ages." Qi 1986: Age "8 Ma or perhaps a bit later", Quarry section at Lufeng is 8 m thick. Detailed microstratigraphy given in Qi 1985 and Badgley et al 1988.
Geschätztes Alter der Fundstelle:	zwischen 7,246 und 11,62 Millionen Jahre aus der Formation in China
Geologie, Sratigraphie	Tortonian / Tortonian /
Koordinaten:	25° 0 ' 59 '' N, 102° 3 ' 59 '' O
Die Daten sowie die folgende Systematik stammen aus der Paleobiology Database, Lizenz

Literatur R. Wu, Y. Pan 1984, A late Miocene Gibbon-like Primate from Lufeng, Yunnan Province. Acta Anthropologica Sinica (Renleixue xuebao). 3:3, p. 185 - 194
Systematik Pliopithecoidea †Pliopithecidae †Pliopithecinae †Pliopithecini †Pliopithecus †Pliopithecus platyodon †Pliopithecus (Epipliopithecus) † Pliopithecus_(Epipliopithecus)_vindobonensis †Pliopithecus zhanxiangi †Pliopithecus vindobonensis †Pliopithecus antiquus †Pliopithecus canmatensis †Crouzeliini †Dionysopithecinae †Platodontopithecus †Platodontopithecus jianghuaiensis †Dionysopithecus †Dionysopithecus orientalis †Dionysopithecus shuangouensis